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In Belmopan this morning, the Leader of the Opposition John Briceño responded to the budget for the new financial year. There was no debate since the threat of COVID-19 is affecting just about every sector, including the House of Representatives where the rule of social distancing is being observed. The gallery was also devoid of […]
Written on March 19, 2020 | Posted in
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Comments Off on The 2020 Budget Debate That Wasn’t, Thanks to COVID-19
Following today’s sitting of the House of Representatives, opposition leader John Briceño explained why other elected members of his party collectively abstained from debating the budget. Not for the glaring missteps they maintain the Barrow administration has made in its twelve years of office, but because a unified front during this time of national threat […]
Written on March 19, 2020 | Posted in
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Comments Off on Johnny B Explains His Solo Performance in Parliament
Several pieces of proposed legislation were introduced in parliament today, notwithstanding the primary focus of the sitting being an aborted budget debate. Before we get to those bills, the Prime Minister announced that all government ministers have decided to forego a month’s salary to be contributed towards funds to combat the COVID-19 threat. Prime Minister […]
Written on March 19, 2020 | Posted in
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Minister of Education and the U.D.P.’s former Deputy Leader Patrick Faber today confirmed to the media that he has submitted his application to contest the party’s leadership convention. His opponent, former National Security Minister John Saldivar called on Faber to support Omar Figueroa as the new leader in an endorsement convention. But the caveat is […]
Written on March 18, 2020 | Posted in
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But the convention will have to wait since, according to Faber, during a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, it was decided that the leadership convention be postponed indefinitely as the country deals with the COVID-19 threat. Faber welcomes the postponement of the convention since he says he can focus on preparing his division to take preventative […]
Written on March 18, 2020 | Posted in
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The United Democratic Party is gearing up for yet another clash of the titans as it goes into a second contested convention to choose a new leader. It promises to be a repeat of the February ninth showdown, during which former Deputy Party Leader Patrick Faber faced Belmopan Area Representative John Saldivar and suffered a […]
Written on March 17, 2020 | Posted in
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Comments Off on Faber and Saldivar to Lock Horns for Leadership Again
Belize City is the economic hub of the country. More than seventy thousand persons live in the Old Capital and thousands use the public transportation system. While mass gatherings are being discouraged, people from all over the country travel to the city for work every day. Belize remains COVID-19 free and online articles have named […]
Written on March 16, 2020 | Posted in
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The Belize City Council today launched its ten-million-dollar municipal prospectus paper. Mayor Bernard Wagner says that the municipal bond has three tranches with different maturities and coupon rates and an anticipated weighted coupon average rate of three point four-five percent. The maturities range from ninety-one days to three hundred and sixty-four days. The mayor says […]
Written on March 16, 2020 | Posted in
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Still on the coronavirus, the Leader of the Opposition, John Briceño confirmed via a release this evening that he has accepted, in good faith, the invitation by the Prime Minister to co-chair the high-level working group on COVID-19. The release says that Belize is facing a national crisis, not just in health, but in the […]
Written on March 12, 2020 | Posted in
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Chair of the Senate Select Committee, attorney Aldo Salazar has completed the long anticipated first draft report on the inquiry of the Auditor-General’s Special Audit Report on Passport and Immigration. The inquiry captivated the attention of the nation, spanned several months and was conducted two years ago. Salazar has shared the draft report with other members […]
Written on March 11, 2020 | Posted in
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The Government of Belize has allocated nine hundred thousand dollars in response to COVID-19. Belize has yet to confirm a case, but health officials say that it is just a matter of time. During the sitting of the Senate on Tuesday, P.U.P. senator Isabel Bennett challenged the government to do more to protect and keep the public […]
Written on March 11, 2020 | Posted in
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Prime Minister Dean Barrow will be hosting a press conference on Thursday on COVID-19. During the Senate debate on Tuesday, Senator for Government Business Godwin Hulse said that the government plans to establish a planning and implementation committee of line ministries and an oversight committee of social partners to deal with the emergency. Godwin […]
Written on March 11, 2020 | Posted in
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In Belmopan this morning, senators sparred over the recently tabled Government Contracts (Validation) Bill, 2020. The controversial bill has a retroactive effect on seven multimillion dollars contracts that the Barrow Administration failed to have the House approved prior to its signing. The bill comes after Leader of Opposition, John Briceño wrote to international lending agencies, […]
Written on March 10, 2020 | Posted in
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Comments Off on Senators Spar over Validation Bill
Senator for the unions, Elena Smith, made it quite clear today in Belmopan that the National Trade Union Congress of Belize cannot and will not support the Government Contracts (Validation) Bill 2020. The debate got testy and during Smith’s presentation, U.D.P. Senator Michael Peyrefitte pointed out that the bill is not a result of the […]
Written on March 10, 2020 | Posted in
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Supporting the bill today was Senator for the Churches, Ashley Rocke. According to Rocke, he does not believe that a law was broken in the biblical sense. In fact, Rocke said that he would not dare to criticize Prime Minister Dean Barrow or say that PM Barrow broke the law. Ashley Rocke, Senator for […]
Written on March 10, 2020 | Posted in
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Comments Off on Church Senator Supports G.O.B.’s Validation Bill
Strongly opposing the Government Contract (Validation) Bill was Private Sector Senator Mark Lizarraga. Lizarraga told the government senators that during every Sitting of the Upper Chamber, social partners continue to remind the government that the requirements outlined in the Finance and Audit Reform Act must be followed. Lizarraga says it is like talking to the […]
Written on March 10, 2020 | Posted in
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Prime Minister Dean Barrow proceeded to deliver his final budget estimates on Thursday, but the Opposition side of the aisle was empty, as the area representatives had vacated the chambers before the presentation. The budget is titled “Making Every Dollar Count” and in this an election year, the estimates call for more spending on infrastructure, […]
Written on March 6, 2020 | Posted in
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The debate on the motion of no confidence tabled by the Opposition was the final agenda item during Thursday’s Special Sitting of the House of Representatives. Debate lasted until ten o’clock in the night with members from both sides of the floor offering criticism or defending their party’s position on a number of socioeconomic issues […]
Written on March 6, 2020 | Posted in
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Comments Off on “It is perfectly permissible” – PM Barrow on Supplementaries
Cayo South Area Representative Julius Espat, who also chairs the Public Accounts Committee, slammed the Barrow administration for failing the people of Belize after twelve years in office. That point was fervently supported by Opposition Leader John Briceño who zeroed in on Belize City’s south side where a consolidation of the most powerful government ministers […]
Written on March 6, 2020 | Posted in
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Comments Off on Julius and Johnny Blame Government for South Side Poverty
Sitting way to back after leaving Cabinet, Belmopan Area Representative John Saldivar also weighed in on the no confidence motion by drawing comparisons between the present government and the P.U.P. government of the past. It is a juxtaposition that has long since become trite, to the point that it lacks any real punch, but for […]
Written on March 6, 2020 | Posted in
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Deputy Party Leader Cordel Hyde also took the opportunity during the debate on the no-confidence motion to chide the south side area representatives of Belize City for the conditions being faced by their constituents. In his usual layman presentation, Hyde expressed disappoint in the government of the day, which, in his opinion, has had twelve […]
Written on March 6, 2020 | Posted in
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Comments Off on “You failed the south side of Belize City” – Cordel to Barrow Administration
Residents from the community of Santa Cruz in Stann Creek District journeyed to Belmopan on Thursday morning where they picketed government over a land dispute in their village. At the heart of the argument is the approval of a lease granted to Belize Wind Energy Limited by the Ministry of Natural Resources. The lease which […]
Written on March 6, 2020 | Posted in
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Comments Off on Santa Cruz Villagers Picket House Meeting
The House was convened this morning for the budget presentation for the new fiscal year that starts on April first, 2020. It was the Prime Minister’s final budget presentation, but it took backstage as the House went into rancorous debate on two other matters. First some house-keeping…the line-up has changed dramatically on the government side. […]
Written on March 5, 2020 | Posted in
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Comments Off on Changes in Seating Arrangement on Government Side in the House
A motion for a vote of no-confidence against Prime Minister Dean Barrow and his government prompted a rowdy start to this morning’s Special Sitting of the House of Representatives. The contentious debate on the Opposition’s motion came in the afternoon, but the drama began playing out as the first order of business today. The motion […]
Written on March 5, 2020 | Posted in
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Comments Off on Opposition Calls for Debate on No-Confidence Motion
Today’s sitting was set aside to present the budget for the new financial year 2020. And, as the Prime Minister would say, it was his swan song as Minister of Finance so he did not want to be robbed of the moment. The motion was placed as the last item on today agenda’s to give […]
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